InequalityDistribution of WealthIn this paper, we conduct the novel exercise of analyzing the relationship between overall wealth inequality and caste divisions in India using nationally repredoi:10.2139/ssrn.1410660Zacharias, AjitVakulabharanam, Vamsicharan...
We analyse top income and wealth shares data, by conducting a robust estimation of trends, tests for structural breaks, and tests for determining persisten
A homogenous region (HR) is an aggregation of districts within the States. Our analysis is conducted at the state and HR level as sample weights are available for the survey data so that the inequality computed would be representative of the region. 17. Income variable is also available in C...
This study seeks to understand the nuanced relationship between technological innovation and income inequality with an emphasis on the broader implications of this interplay on human–technology interactions in diverse socioeconomic settings. Using cross-country panel data from 59 nations (31 developed and...
Detailed measures of this inequality are required to ensure an equitable and just energy transition. Here we calculate final energy footprints; that is, the energy embodied in goods and services across income classes in 86 countries, both highly industrialized and developing. We analyse the energy ...
The increase in government investment will help promote the increase of private capital-labor productivity, further stimulate the increase of private capital and promote the accumulation of inequality, which will exacerbate the inequality of income or wealth. Elhiraika [43] conducted an in-depth ...
Westerners worried about growing disparities at home shouldn’t overlook the transformative effect of liberalisation in India and China August 5 2024 The Economics Show podcast32 min listen Rethinking income inequality, with Chris Giles New research questions the rate of income inequality in the US ...
The share of wealth and income going to the top 1% has been rising rapidly in recent years in India, as it has been in many countries. Last year they hoovered up 21.4% of earnings, just ahead of their counterparts in Russia, according to the World Inequality Database. Credit Suisse, a...
Household wealth trends in the United States, 1962 to 2016: has middle class wealth recovered? NBER Working Paper 24085 https://doi.org/10.3386/w24085 (National Bureau of Economic Research, 2017). Oishi, S. & Kesebir, S. Income inequality explains why economic growth does not always ...
Despite its fast rise on the world stage and rapid economic growth, there has been a dramatic increase in wealth inequality in India in recent years. Nonetheless, the issue of wealth inequality and wealth distribution in India has been relatively less explored. In this context, we use an exten...